A Thing of Beauty

I saw these mugs at Cost Plus World Market, and can’t stop thinking about them. They are made with vintage French stencil designs. Aren’t they just beautiful? My son and I are moving into our pretty new house in the city on Wednesday, and I’m thinking I might just have to get myself a housewarming [...]

Making Room For What Matters

I love purge days. Today, my son and I are going through our cabinets and closets and getting rid of whatever we don’t need or want anymore. The empty cabinet pictured above is in my laundry room. Somehow in the past few months it had managed to get stuffed with plastic bags from the grocery [...]

Like the planet? Go back to bar soap.

I’ll never forget my first weekend at the ranch. I came fully equipped with all of the accoutrements of my hypocritical modern city life, including a giant plastic bottle of body wash. You know, to go with my being an “environmentalist” and all. “What’s wrong with bar soap?” asked the cowboy, who sees conservatism as [...]

Now We’re Cooking Store

I had the BEST time at the shop Now We’re Cooking in Albuquerque today. So many beautiful, colorful things. So many reasons to go back when I get my next paycheck…wish I’d had my real camera. Took these with the BlackBerry. Which reminds me, I think I want an iPhone. Shh. Don’t tell BlackBerry.

Twist Your Garlic. No, really.

Back when I lived in the big city (to the extent anyone can call Albuquerque a big city) I used to take the great shopping for granted. Not anymore. This is why today, after I finished up my little talk with Southwest Writers, I went directly to the minimall at Academy and Wyoming in Albuquerque, [...]

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